Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-06-17
ENlCTlONS In IRELAND.
Peasants In the Bodyke District Offer-
ing Desperate Resistance.
Houses Barrieaded and Women Throw
Hot Water on the Officers
Of the Law.

DUBLIN, June 15.-The resistance offer
ed the evictors at Bodyke today portends
very serious trouble. The government
may deem 1t necessary TO employ the
troops more than heretofore, and, in view
of Mr.. Balfour'S remark that he wouli not
hesitate to use any mears at his disposal
to carry out the DEGREES of thelaw courts.
this does not seem Improbable. Today,
when the evicting party reached the house
of O'HallaraE, whom they intended to re-
move, they found that deep trench had
been dug about the house and every pre-
caution taken for defense. The lower
part of the house was strongly barricaded,
and ten men, including two Americans,
stood behind the doors and windows.
Some women were at the windows up
stairs with boiling water. The bailiffs
saw that 1t was useless to attempt 80
enter the doors, so they began to
crowbar a hole in the wall. From this
work they were driven by scalding water
poured by the women in the upper wind
ows. An inspector mounted a ladder
placed against the house, and with drawn
sword tried to drive the women away, but
he was ignominiously defeated and beaten
down. A constable with fixed bayonet
AlLSiA dbtCAA kltSO VIC sdLllt lShl. his nGdu
was badly beaten and he was scalced, but
III defending himself he inflicted several
severe gashes upon his assailants. An
other constable also failed to dislodge the
women from their stronghold. Another
ladder was procured, and one after an
other of the bailitfs who mounted were
driven back.
At this iuncture Mr.. Cox. the member
&c 60 IL
and speak to the inmates, but the police
would not permit him and pulled him
down. 4 council of war was held, and
finally constable carrying a rifle sue
ceeded in gaining an entrance. He had
scarcely gotten inside when his rifle was
wrested from him, and in the fight that
ensued the constable's life was i'm mperiled,
but he succeeded in making his escape.
Father Hannah at last came to their aid,
and, fearing lest more effectual and seri-
Gus means should be employed to dislodge
the tenants he entered the house and
performed the office of mediator. He
counselled moderation, and begged the
tenants to offer no further resistance.
The eviction was then cconIplished and
the inmates arrested.
The peasantary are i'll a ewildered
frame of mind, being urged to resistance
of eviction by Michel Davitt on the spot
and exhorted to patience and inaction by
Mr.. Parnell through the Influential Jour
nal, United ireland. The wishes of the
nationalist leader are likely to be respect
ed in the end, bat the earnest appeal of
the beloved Dayitt in person are snre to
have a strong immediate effect, and the
singular proposition is being mooted
among the Parnellites of sending one of
their best orators to Bodyke to preach
anew the gospel of non-resistance, in the
hope of neutralizing the effect of Mr..
Davitt's apeals. What lementable feuds
may he caused between the nationalist
leader by such cause is easily imagin-
able, and the very spectacle of house
thus divided against itself would be dem
oralizing. Friends of DavItt think it
very likely that he will soon return to his
partially abandoned theories of land
naturalization and proclaim the doct-
rine insisted upon by Henry George;
that sthe proper caurse for the Irish peo-
pie is to assert title to the land of their
country and in toto, and not only revive
the policy of mo rent" but make it a
permanent one. The issue so squarely
raised on this point by Mr.. O'Brien's
attitude toward the George party in New
York stimulated discussion among those
interested, and though Mr.. O'Brien's
views represent those of a $ greater ma
iority on his part, the usefulness of the
opposite theory as an alternative weapon
in certain emergencies is being recogniz-
ed as it has neTer been before. A cam
paign of land naturalization would, for
one thing, be warmly supported by the
English radical party. which is one of
growing strength. The subject is likely
to be touched upon in the debate on
evictions, which will be begun in .the
house of commons before the middle of
next week.